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Frailty and daily living (FRAIL + Katz)

Strength, weight and managing everyday tasks.

1. How much of the time during the past 4 weeks did you feel tired?

2. By yourself and not using aids, do you have any difficulty walking up 10 steps without resting?

3. By yourself and not using aids, do you have any difficulty walking several hundred metres?

4. Has a doctor told you that you have 5 or more of these: high blood pressure, diabetes, cancer, chronic lung disease, heart attack, heart failure, angina, asthma, arthritis, stroke, kidney disease?

5. Have you lost more than 5% of your weight in the past year without trying?

6. Bathing: do you need help to wash yourself?

7. Dressing: do you need help to dress?

8. Toileting: do you need help to use the toilet?

9. Moving: do you need help to get in and out of bed or a chair?

10. Continence: do you have accidents with urine or stool?

11. Feeding: do you need help to eat?

12. How many different medicines do you take each day?

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FRAIL scale (Morley et al. 2012); Katz Index of Independence in Activities of Daily Living (Katz 1963).